Collar and hood.



I. N. LEVY.

COLLAR AND HOOD.

ABPLIUATION Hmm 11111217.1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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COLLAR AND HOOD.

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Beit known that I ISRAEL N. LEVY, a citizen of the United tates,'residingvat New York city, in the county of Newl ork and State of-NewYork, have invented certaln vnew and useful Improvements in Collarsand'I-Ioods; andl I do hereby declare .the following to be a full,clear, and exact descn tion of the invention, such as will enab e andhas more especia ordin others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same. My invention relates to wearing alparel andmore particularl to collars and oods li for its object to rotheappearance ol `an collar but which is convertible into a hood y turningthe same inside out.

Another object of my invention is to provide a collar having lvide acollar for a garment bearing resemmsl blance 'to a `sailor orothercollar and which collar may be converted into a hood by turnin thesame inside out.

ther objects will be apparent fromthe following eciication, apxendedclaim and drawings ereof, in wh1 y y Figure 1 is a vrspective view ofthe garment wshowing e collar .converted into a hood. Y Fig. 2 isasimilar viewI showing the same as a, sailor collar. Fig. 8 is anelevation of m device, parts broken away for the sake of c earness. Fig.4 is a sectional view as on the line 4-4 of Figl.

said fabric is gathered so as stgimpermit the Referring morespecifically to the drawin there 1s shown a garment 10 havi a sailorcollar attached thereto and said sa or collar, is made u of the plies offabric 11 and 12 which p es of fabric. are stitched about the margm vasshown in the drawin as at 13. The lat'e'r of fabric 11 is secure ,40'

to the collar ban of the garment while the fabric'12 is cut awa as at 14as shown in Fig.8 of the'drawmgs, and the marginal edge about sald cutaway portions is proed at intervals with` elastic bands 15 and elastic'bands 15 to provide cient play as tofperimt the edge 14 to be passedover of the drawin k swaeeonammn nene Patented Mar. 12,1912. Applicationleduly 87, 1911. Serial No. 840,844.

1 lthe head of the wearer. The free edges of the plies of fabric 11 and12 have extensions 16 which when stitched together about their marginaled es form a intended to folded between the pliesllof pocket 17 whichyisfabric 11 and 12 when the collar is worn ias shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, and to hold' the collar in this sitio`n I provide the stud 18and clasp 19 w ichgare secured to the exs.

tension 16 1n proximity to the folds of the l plies of fabric 11 and 12as shown in Fig. 4.- The collar ofthe garment is provided with the `band20 to receive the strand of ribbon 21 to assist in causing the collarand hood to attain a snug fit.

From the fore oing it will be obvious 'that I have provide a collar.which in rainy weather is -convertible into a hood by turning the sameinside out through the opening formed by the cutaway ortlon 14,. so thatthe garment shows a colar conforming to i theordina fashion when restingon the shoulders w 'ch collar serves as a hood when so desired.

`It can be readily seen that this device is aplplicable to variousshapes and designs of co ars without departin from the spn'it of myinvention and thou I have shown but one design of a collar 1n thedrawings I do not wish to be limited to the-particular form here shownas with slight Aalterations-the collar can be made of 'any convenientdesign. What I claim is: As a newarticle of manufacture a gar mentforming a combined sailor collar and hood, said garment comprising adoubledqf;

quadrangular collar portion provided with?" an extensible portionfoldedL inwardly along the lower edgev thereof, andmeans for re-`taining the extensible portion in folded;p0

sition.

1n presence o two witnesses.

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Lao Gommoni,

HUGO Moon.;

ISRAEL N. LEvY.

In testimonv lv'vhereofI ailixmy

